Sean R. Smith
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The Panasonic HVX-200 has gotten a lot of attention in the two years. Since its release in 2005 this camera has gone from a dream to a reality for many larger studios and indie filmmakers. The 200 came at a time when ENG HD cams were not a reality for many producers and shooters. The camera turns out great quality, most of the time, at a Wal-Mart price. Now, I’m not one to relate much to Wal-Mart, but in this chase the camera (compared to ENG cams) is a steal. I could spend three weeks talking about everything this HD miracle machine has to offer – however, I will stick to how it relates to post workflows and processes.

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Sean R. Smith
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There is a lot of talk around the interwebs about HDV and Final Cut Pro. Most notably from my readings, the Creative Cow (or The Cow) has thousands of posts relating to this topic. While I’d like to say I have a crack research team that has read all posts on The Cow and has provided me with a summary of them, that’s simply not the case. What I do have though is experience working with HDV natively and mixed with HD footage. HD certainly was around before HDV, but consumers couldn’t afford it. So what happened? The manufactures got SD DV man and HD woman super drunk, got them a hotel room, and nine months later, out popped baby, “HDV.” The story goes on, but basically after HD remarried P2 dude, HDV became “The Half Child.”

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Welcome. Thanks for stumbling on “Cut to the Chase.” This is indeed a blog, but I will try my best to refrain from using that word as much as possible. Not because I don’t believe in them, but to try to stay away from the genericness of the word and the implications associated with it.

I hope you will make a note of the site, bookmark it and visit often. I plan to make mosts bi-monthly. Thats not to say I won’t post more than that, but you can expect to see at least two articles a month.

Articles will mainly focus on post-production, or production factors that influence post workflows, methods, or techniques. For example, later this month an article will be posted on the Pannasonic HVX-200 (or “the 200″ as I will refer to it as). This article will evaluate shooting and record settings, camera setup and other info as it relates to a post production workflow with the 200.

So this is just a taste of what you can expect. Bookmark it, visit and pass it on!

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